Serena to play singles, Tiafoe finds form and Sabalenka is in a wobble
6/23/20261 hr 29 min
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This week, George dials in from Mexico while James and Calvin are down in Eastbourne trying to avoid the heatwave.
Here are the stories they discussed
- Serena Williams has been handed a wildcard for Wimbledon, where she will play her first singles match for four years
- Dan Evans meanwhile is going to have to battle through qualifying if he wants to play the main draw at Wimbledon one more time
- Francisco Cerundolo is the Queen's champion, watched by his father Alejandro who had taken a flight for the first time to see him. He beat Tommy Paul in the final.
- Frances Tiafoe won a title too, beating Taylor Fritz in the Halle final to confirm his advances this year and suggest he could be a dangerous man to face in the Wimbledon draw
- Aryna Sabalenka was bagelled in the final set for the second tournament in a row, Jessica Pegula dishing it out, but it was Linda Noskova who came up trumps in the final
- And finally, Paula Badosa calls out Stefanos Tsitsipas's 'toxic' behaviour
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James Gray· Host1:13
Hello. Welcome back to Tennis Unfiltered with me, James Gray, of the i paper, um, from Eastbourne today. I am sitting in the cafe of the theater in Eastbourne at the sort of arts center. I'm surrounded by,